Yes. I had been chatting with Michael for a while about website updates. We had a bit of back and forth with this design. Code is always a good place to start. Cheers.
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Bruce Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with the idea of making the site the landing page for all the > sub-projects within the overall ActiveMQ project. > > You should take a look at the message from Michael Andre Pearce to see his > mockup using the new logo, it's an excellent starting point for a > discussion. Be sure to follow the instructions in the BUILD.md: > > https://github.com/michaelandrepearce/activemq- > site/blob/master/site/BUILD.md > > Bruce > > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Martyn Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Some ideas to kick off design discussion. > > > > Really what I am trying to convey here is that ActiveMQ is the home of a > > more than just 5.x series. And to have clear links to each project, > > clicking through would take you to landing page for the project. This > > essentially would be the landing page for top level ActiveMQ. > > > > I realise the text in the message needs more work (it's also probably > > worth having a bit of info for each project on the landing page too). > > > > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Bruce Snyder <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> This looks great, Michael. It's also a great proof-of-concept, nice > work. > >> I > >> like the look of it, but I don't think we want to completely copy the > >> Metron site, so we will need to change it up. > >> > >> I'm working on getting the exported HTML from the ActiveMQ Confluence > >> space > >> and I will dump it into a new git repo. > >> > >> Bruce > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Michael André Pearce < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Agree on jekyll. > >> > > >> > Here’s a sample I’ve mocked up with an activemq look and feel (and > much > >> > lighter) based around the new logo > >> > > >> > https://github.com/michaelandrepearce/activemq-site/tree/master/site > >> > > >> > I forked from metrons to get most of the bits like Jekyll etc which is > >> > already working. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Sent from my iPhone > >> > > >> > > On 7 Dec 2017, at 16:49, Bruce Snyder <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > I would prefer to use Markdown with the Jekyll framework ( > >> > > https://jekyllrb.com/). Jekyll handles Markdown, it handles CSS > (via > >> > SASS) > >> > > and it would allow the site to live in a git repo. > >> > > > >> > > Also, I found that other projects use Jekyll with great success, > here > >> is > >> > > just one example in the Flink project: > >> > > > >> > > https://flink.apache.org/ > >> > > > >> > > Nice looking site, clearly more modern and fully customizable. > >> > > > >> > > Bruce > >> > > > >> > > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Clebert Suconic < > >> > [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> > >> > >> I like the Markdown (or whatever easy format.. non xml based). We > >> will > >> > >> need to choose a framework for that. do you have anything in mind? > >> > >> > >> > >> I also think we should have a consistent look and feel. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I will be supportive on this... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> First thing will be to have a framework chosen.. > >> > >> Second to have a github we collaborate... > >> > >> Third.. maybe we could use one of those video calls to talk about > >> how to > >> > >> do it. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Bruce Snyder < > >> [email protected]> > >> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Several opinions have been expressed recently that the ActiveMQ > >> website > >> > >>> needs some attention and that Artemis should be made more > prominent. > >> > I'd > >> > >>> like to discuss some ideas to see what we could achieve on this > >> topic. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> If we are going to make Artemis more prominent, the first concern > I > >> > >>> identified is that the ActiveMQ website and the Artemis website > are > >> > >>> authored differently. The ActiveMQ website is authored in the > >> > Confluence > >> > >>> wiki and exported to HTML automagically whereas the Artemis > website > >> is > >> > >>> authored in raw HTML. As a result, the two sites have a very > >> different > >> > >> look > >> > >>> and feel to them. This presents some challenges to using the > content > >> > >>> between the two. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> But this presents other questions -- do we want the two sites to > >> look > >> > >>> similar or different? When someone looks at Artemis content, do we > >> want > >> > >> the > >> > >>> user to immediately know that they are looking at ActiveMQ content > >> vs. > >> > >>> Artemis based content solely due to the look and feel of the site? > >> > Should > >> > >>> there even be two different sites? > >> > >>> > >> > >>> I would prefer to have the site authored in a language that is > >> easier > >> > to > >> > >>> write than HTML (such as Markdown). I would also like the files > >> > >> comprising > >> > >>> the site to live in a git repo. To give the site a modern look and > >> feel > >> > >>> means using CSS (e.g., SASS, etc.). All these things can be > achieved > >> > >> using > >> > >>> Jekyll, but first we would need to convert the raw HTML files to > >> > Mardown > >> > >> to > >> > >>> put in git. I have experimented with some tools to convert HTML to > >> > >> Markdown > >> > >>> and they are less than ideal. Does anyone have any experience with > >> > this? > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Sorry for the rambling. Anyone else interested to help tackle this > >> > thorny > >> > >>> set of issues? > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Bruce > >> > >>> > >> > >>> -- > >> > >>> perl -e 'print > >> > >>> unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\ > >> "YC;VT*" > >> > );' > >> > >>> > >> > >>> ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ > >> > >>> Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> > >> > >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Clebert Suconic > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > perl -e 'print > >> > > unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\ > "YC;VT*" > >> );' > >> > > > >> > > ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ > >> > > Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> > >> > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> perl -e 'print > >> unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" > );' > >> > >> ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ > >> Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> > >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder > >> > > > > > > > -- > perl -e 'print > unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" );' > > ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ > Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder >
